2 Timothy 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ¹ 

2 Timothy 2:26

2:26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive ²  to do his will. ³ 

2 Timothy 4:13-14

4:13 When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments. 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ⁴  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ⁵ 

[2:15]  ¹ sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”

[2:26]  ² tn Grk “having been captured by him.”

[2:26]  ³ tn Grk “for that one’s will,” referring to the devil, but with a different pronoun than in the previous phrase “by him.” Some have construed “for his will” with the earlier verb and referred the pronoun to God: “come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap (though they have been captured by him) in order to do His will.” In Classical Greek the shift in pronouns would suggest this, but in Koine Greek this change is not significant. The more natural sense is a reference to the devil’s will.

[4:14]  ³ tn Grk “showed me much evil.”

[4:14]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.